Collect baseline data. Write initial plan. What am I going to do? Develop? Strengthen? Why?
Why am I focusing on this?
What level are my students presently at? How do I know?
What barriers to learning need to be overcome? What resources will I need?
What is my time frame?
Teaching Inquiry
What is my plan for doing this? What strategies will I try? How will I change my practice?
What new teaching strategies & tools will I use?
What are the key steps for implementing my inquiry in the classroom?
What methods & ICTs will I use to track & record student change/achievement and how often?
Learning Inquiry
Put my plan into action. Monitor; collect evidence; write regular dated reflections; interpret data. Plan next steps
How am I infusing my ideas into classroom practice?
What am I learning from monitoring student outcomes?
What are the next steps I need to take? (Research, resources, activities)
Summarising
Reflect on progress, observations: current versus initial data. How did it go? What strategies have made a difference to my students' learning? How do I know? Analyse data and observations and draw conclusions. Prepare and present findings to colleagues.
What methods will I use to collect ‘end’ data?
What conclusions can I draw from data analysis?
What are my main points?
Specifically how will I share my Inquiry with my colleagues?
Teaching as Inquiry Reflective Questions
Focusing Inquiry
Collect baseline data. Write initial plan. What am I going to do? Develop? Strengthen? Why?Teaching Inquiry
What is my plan for doing this? What strategies will I try? How will I change my practice?Learning Inquiry
Put my plan into action. Monitor; collect evidence; write regular dated reflections; interpret data. Plan next stepsSummarising
Analyse data and observations and draw conclusions. Prepare and present findings to colleagues.